Name: Video recording for How to land a 6 figure job as a developer in 6 months - Codementor Events
Uploaded: 2022-03-30
Description: In this talk, Emily will walk you through a learning strategy to become a 6 figure developer in 6 months.

In this talk, Emily will walk you through a learning strategy to become a 6 figure developer in 6 months.

## About the talk
Are you tired of watching tutorials and ready to land a 6 figure job as a developer? Spoiler alert: you don't need a fancy degree, to be a genius, or spend 24/7 learning & applying for jobs. In this talk, Emily will walk you through a learning strategy to take you from beginner to a 6 figure developer in 6 months.

### This talk will cover
- The fastest way to learn to code & launch your career 
- 5 essential things you need to learn to land 6 figure jobs 
- A step-by-step roadmap to guide your learning & avoid burnout
- Tips on avoiding sabotaging your software engineering career 

*We’ll use Zoom meeting to hold and record the event. Register to the event to access recordings afterwards.*


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### What are the 5 essentials to learn and land six figure jobs?


1. Elementary foundations: master the 7 basics of programming to actually solve problems

The fundamental building blocks include variables, loops, functions, lists, and things like that. These are the fundamental building blocks of any programming language. So if you master how to use them to solve problems, you can use any programming language to solve any problems you want, and use the right tools for the job. It doesn’t always matter which programming language you start with as they’re just tools in your tool kit. 


   2. Learn 6 figure software developer secrets of success (DRY - Don’t Repeat Yourself & clean)


When you first start to code, you’re thinking mostly about the functionality and how to get things to work. But when you become a six figure developer, you’re focused on working with a team to deliver software that works. So a six figure developer knows that their code is not only functional, but it also communicates with other developers. You want to create clean and elegant code to showcase that you are on your way to becoming a six figure software developer. 


   3. Investigate the latest technologies to build your custom portfolio show piece project (learn how to learn, engineer, and debug) 


In this step, you’ll be learning, engineering, and debugging. Programming, frameworks, languages, and libraries change all the time. With the pace of the industry, you want to start pulling off the training wheels and investigate the latest technologies with some support. Pick the language and framework that’s going to make your job easier.


   4. Team portfolio project where you collaboratively deliver working software to a professional client 


You become a six figure developer by working like one. Six figure developers work in a team to deliver working software. Ideally, these are softwares that solve actual problems instead of just a nice-to-have, so you want to make sure the softwares you work on is professional. If you’re already doing that, you’re on your way to becoming a six figure developer. 


   5. Easily exceed employer expectations and land that dream 6 figure coding job!


### What is the fastest way to learn to code in 6 months or less?
In the first month, you want to focus on the elementary foundations of the 7 basics. And then in the next month, you want to learn 6 figure 6 figure software developer secrets of success (DRY & clean code). By month three, you’ll be investigating & building your custom portfolio showpiece project and practicing leet code problems on HankerRank or LeetCode. This will help you in technical interviews as you interview for jobs. 


While you’re building your portfolio, you also want to be practicing your problem solving skills that will prepare you for the next step. Once you’ve started investigating frameworks or more advanced web programs or mobile apps, that’s when you want to transition into the team portfolio project. This is when you’re collaboratively working with others to deliver software to the client. You want to make that shift around month three to four. At this stage, you want to simultaneously be looking for jobs, practicing interviewing, and nailing them. You want to be exceeding employer expectations, applying and landing that dream 6 figure coding job. 

![The fastest way to learn to code in 6 months or less.png](https://ucarecdn.com/10f221f2-03d9-41f2-83f0-69652272518a/)

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